Holdings are part of the AG's investigation, the probe is centered on Padilla's relationship with the Albuquerque company Harold's Grading & Trucking. Investigators are looking into whether Padilla continued working for that

company after becoming tax secretary in 2011, creating a conflict; whether she pressured state employees to give the company preferential treatment during an audit; and if she embezzled from the company or committed other crimes

related to payments she made to herself from the company's bank account.

by more than half a million New Mexicans receiving supplemental nutrition benefits. But not everyone supports the idea to bar things like ice cream and sodas and insist the state should not become the “food police.”

State Electors Back ClintonDonald Trump may have won the Electoral College vote Monday, but all five of New Mexico’s electors cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton. Congress will verify the Electoral College votes on January 6.

Obama Shortens Sentences at Record Rate In a nation of second chances, President Barack Obama granted 78 people “Christmas” pardons. He continues to shorten the length of federal prison sentences for scores of nonviolent offenders. During his presidency, Obama and has shortened the sentences of 1,176 people, including 395 serving life sentences—more than the past 11 presidents combined.

Lab Sued by Fired Manager A former senior manager is suing Los Alamos National Laboratory. John Tapia claims he was forced to resign in April because "lab officials feared fraud accusations stemming from his position with a local electric co-op might harm negotiations with the US Department of Energy over the lab’s management contract."

John Tapia, who had worked for the lab since 1988, says in a breach of contract lawsuit that the lab gave him the option to quit or be fired months after he became embroiled in a Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Inc. controversy over fraud claims that later were deemed unsubstantiated.